The analysis in this report uses data from five waves of the American Trends Panel (ATP), which were fielded during November 2019, and February, March, April, and June 2020. Respondents’ most-used platform for political and election news was asked in the November 2019 survey, and all demographic characteristics of each group are taken from that survey. See the full methodologies for each of the five surveys conducted below:

• American Trends Panel June 2020 survey methodology
• American Trends Panel April 2020 survey methodology
• American Trends Panel March 2020 survey methodology
• American Trends Panel February 2020 survey methodology
• American Trends Panel November 2019 survey methodology